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Free 5th grade printables for Gifted and Talented
FREE Printable Mazes for Early Finishers Activities | 18 Mazes
These 18 fun, FREE maze puzzles are perfect to keep on hand for early finishers, substitute plans, morning work, and more! 18 differentiated puzzles are included to give you multiple ways to differentiate!The mazes come with 6 levels of difficulty, and each level includes 3 mazes each. Simply print and let students choose the level that they want!Love These And Want More?I have multiple maze packs available! If you want more fun mazes, just like these, here are other maze packs I have available:
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Halloween Logic Puzzle FREEBIE!! Costume Contest
Check out this FREE LOGIC PUZZLE and WRITING PROMPT for OCTOBER!Looking to engage your students with some deductive logic fun this Halloween Season? This logic puzzle is designed to challenge upper elementary students and is perfect for Halloween seatwork, homework, math centers, literacy centers, early finishers, or sub plans. Find this LOGIC PUZZLE, along with many other engaging Halloween Activities, in this BUNDLED RESOURCEHalloween BUNDLE 30% Off Each Individual Resource!Find Fabulous Octob
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Halloween Reading Activities | Persuasive Writing
Halloween Logic Puzzles | Printable & Digital | Free
Students love logic grid puzzles! If you're looking for a free Halloween activity that students will enjoy, these are for you! This resource includes three free Halloween themed logic grid puzzles of three different levels. A printable format and digital format for Google Classroom also included. Logic grid puzzles encourage critical thinking, the use of deductive reasoning, and require students to determine the relationship between two things based on clues. Students will use the clues provided
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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CCSS:
Also included in: Logic Grid Puzzles Mega Bundle
Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out:
Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Thanksgiving Challenge Scavenger Hunt Type Activity Print or Easel FREEBIE
Here is a fun little Thanksgiving activity for you to use in class or to send home with your students for the long weekend. This activity combines creative and critical thinking, research, and even a little math! It's a challenge, so you'll students will feel accomplished after completing it!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 No-Prep Printable WorksheetAnswer KeyDIGITAL:Easel ActivityGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teacher
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3rd - 6th
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Leap Day Challenge FREEBIE - Fun, Engaging, No-Prep Activities for February 29th
Here is a fun scavenger-hunt-type activity for your upper elementary/middle school students on Leap Day. Students will need to use their math, research, writing, and creative thinking skills to complete this Leap Year activity. Use it with the whole class, as enrichment, or even for homework.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Leap Day Challenge WorksheetAnswer KeyGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying:✏️ "I
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4th - 8th
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Multiple Intelligence Test for Kids (Free)
Learning about multiple intelligence theory can be very empowering for students, especially when you administer a survey to help them discover their own strengths and growth areas. Because most online survey tools are too long and complex for kids, I created this quick and easy classroom version for my students. I included an example of a completed survey on page 4 so you can see how it works.How to Use this Survey to Foster a Growth MindsetBefore you use this survey, please watch my free MI Sur
Grades:
4th - 7th
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FREEBIE! Fall Fun for Fast Finishers: 20 Open-Ended Task Cards - Print & Digital
Here are 20 autumn-themed task cards that will work perfectly at a center or for any student who finishes his or her work early. Each card features a different fall-related, open-ended challenge; perfect for working on those creative and critical thinking skills!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:20 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonMultiple versions of the recording sh
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3rd - 6th
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Fun with Tangrams - Freebie
This week's freebie - Fun with Tangrams pack.
Contains templates to make your tangram puzzle pieces, directions for use, extra brain teasers and a booklet with 12 tangram puzzles and solutions.
Great activity for early finishers or as a maths center, building problem solving skills in a fun way!
Hope you like it! Do let me know if there's any way I can improve it for you. And if you love it then let me know! :)
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3rd - 6th
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Free STEM Challenge: Basketball Tower
This is a STEM Challenge perfect for the basketball madness of March, but it can also be used all year! Students must use only newspaper and masking tape to create a tower than will support a basketball. Excellent science inquiry lesson. Get your students building things! My goal with this resource is to make STEM as easy to implement as possible!Included:Graphic Organizer (with and without guiding questions)Rubric Picture ExamplesExtension MenuDetailed Notes to TeacherMaterials Required:newspap
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3rd - 5th
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Nouns and Verbs FREEBIE | Parts of Speech Fun Worksheet | NO PREP | + Easel
Chore Confusion - Fun verb and noun activity: FREEYour students will love this fun printable so much, that they won't even realize they are practicing working with nouns and verbs! Great for bell work, extra enrichment, or homework.Answer Key included.Other products you'll enjoy!Nouns Task CardsVerb Tense Task CardsParts of Speech BUNDLEHappy Teaching!This product is brought to you happily by Rachel Lynette & Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom. :)SKU: 194850
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2nd - 5th
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Fairy Tale STEM--Jack and the Parachute
This is a building and engineering projects based on Jack and the Beanstalk. Students will construct a parachute to help Jack escape the giant using everyday household and classroom items to complete this project. This activity is designed to encourage critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills, as well as, problem solving and teamwork.
Materials Needed: various paper products (coffee filters, newspaper, tissue paper, etc…); various types of string (yarn, thread, dental floss, etc…); a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle (Fairy Tale, Nursery Rhymes, Seasonal STEM)
The Principal's New Clothes - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class!
This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the year. I have also come back to the script at the end of the year to perform in front of
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
Grades:
5th - 9th
Hieroglyphics Printable Worksheet
Engage your students into Ancient Egypt with this Pun-tastic Worksheet!
Included on the page is a full Hieroglyphic Alphabet to reference, the lead of a joke written in English ("Why did the Mummy go to the doctor??"), and the punchline of the joke written out in easy to read, well spaced Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Above each Hieroglyphic symbol involved in the punchline is a line to write the equivalent English character.
Note- the Egyptians did not differentiate between many sounds that Eng
Grades:
3rd - 9th
All About Me Unit - Common Core Aligned NO PREP Third Fourth Fifth Grade
This unit contains both a printable packet version AND individual JPEG files for each document so that you can easily upload to Google Classroom. Since they are in JPEG format, students should be able to write on the documents in Google Classroom.Additionally, this unit now includes a PARENT INSTRUCTIONS edition that you can easily pass on to parents when students are out of school. The instructions are easy to follow and allow parents to work with students just as you would in the classroom! Th
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS3-1
, 5-PS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
Introduction to Social Studies Task Cards FREE
This resource includes 12 task cards related to the introduction of important social studies concepts like chronology, the themes of geography, primary and secondary sources, the branches of history and types of maps!Task cards are an effective resource in the classroom. These task cards can be used as part of group trivia games, entrance or exit slips, or as work for centers. The possibilities are truly endless! Included in this resource:1. A Note for the Teacher2. 12 different task cards3. Tea
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4th - 8th
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FREE! Early Finisher Puzzles for Upper Elementary
Are you looking for a way to keep your upper elementary students engaged during morning arrival or when they finish early? This free set of puzzles [with answer keys] includes:1. Drop quote puzzle2. Rebus math puzzler3. Pigpen cipher puzzle4. Hexagon number puzzler5. Logic puzzlePuzzles are a great tool because they give students an opportunity to practice problem solving and critical thinking skills, while building perseverance in a fun way.If you are looking for a full month or year of early f
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Desk Pet - Free Goodies
Are you ready to implement desk pets in your classroom, and want some goodies to help you get started....look no further! In this set, you'll find DESK PET PNGS, DESK PET CERTIFICATES (lots of themes!!), and an ALL ABOUT MY DESK PET worksheet to make it PERSONAL!! Have fun with your students! There will be MORE added to this set! Don't forget to check back!
Grades:
PreK - 5th
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5th Grade Math Centers - Math Sorts - Math Games for Review
Math Sorts are engaging math activities that encourage math talk. Students explain how they sort their cards and build strong math concepts as they create cards of their own.Ways to use: whole group lesson, small group lesson, independent math center, assessment, exit tickets, or homeworkDownload this resource and try 5 free math sorts!The Bundle Includes the Following- Set 1: Operations & Algebraic Thinking - 9 sorts- Set 2: Number & Operations in Base 10 - 21 Sorts- Set 3: Fractions -
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5th
Activities for Creative and Critical Thinking: Brain Food - FREEBIE!
Did you know that creativity is a skill that can be taught and learned, just like reading and math? Yes, for real!! :-) Through exposure, experience, and practice, creative thinking is a skill anyone can cultivate.Not only is creative thinking FUN, but it is also important! Divergent thinking increases a student’s desire to learn and supports his/her intellectual development. When we encourage creative thinking, we promote student engagement, motivation, and love for learning.This Brain Food sa
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2nd - 5th
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No Prep STEM Challenges Makerspace Activities for Index Cards
What do you get when you combine makerspace tasks with choice boards? Make-Tac-Toe! These highly engaging challenges are perfect for your makers, regardless of how much space you have! These tasks have been designed around a central material, so that students all start with a basic material and then pull in other materials as needed. This takes some of the guess work out of the materials portion of the makerspace challenge (and translates well to mobile STEM carts).This set of Make-Tac-Toe cards
Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Depth and Complexity Graphic Organizers
If you are familiar with depth and complexity icons- this is a perfect resource to compliment them! Included are 11 graphic organizers for all the depth and complexity icons for your students to use during reader's workshop, guided reading, literature circles or literacy centers. Graphic Organizers Include:Big IdeaPatternsOver TimeEthicsTrendsAcross DisciplinesMultiple PerspectivesUnanswered QuestionsLanguage of the DisciplineRulesMy Own IconsEnjoy! Note- you will need the depth and complexity i
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Grades:
K - 5th
Summer Logic Puzzle | Critical Thinking | End of the School Year Brain Teaser
Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate the end of the year while incorporating critical thinking skills in your classroom? This puzzle would be great to incorporate on field day, for morning work, on the last day of school, or to celebrate the summer season! This puzzle can be used in the general classroom or the gifted education setting. This is a great resource to have for sub plans, enrichment, or early finishers! Looking for more end of the year puzzles? Check this resource out! Sum
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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